Names of three people killed in Mendocino County fires released

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Friday released the names of three people killed in the fire that began early Monday morning in Redwood Valley.

According to the MCSO, Kai Logan Shepherd, 14, was “was found near his family residence in the 11300 block of West Road in Redwood Valley. It appears he was attempting to evacuate the area on foot when he was overtaken by the fire.”

A married couple named Roy Howard Bowman, 87, and Irma Elsie Bowman, 88, were found “in the burnt remains of their residence in the 400 block of Fisher Lake Drive in Redwood Valley.”

Their residence was described as “completely destroyed.”

The MCSO reports that at least six more people have been killed in the Mendocino-Lake Complex Fire, but has not released their names.